1964 Nashville 400

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1964 Nashville 400
Race details
Race 43 of 62 in the 1964 NASCAR Grand National Series season
Date August 2, 1964 (1964-August-02)
Location Music City Motorplex (Nashville, Tennessee)
Course Permanent racing facility
0.500 mi (0.804 km)
Distance 400 laps, 200.0 mi (321.8 km)
WeatherTemperatures reaching up to 93.0 °F (33.9 °C); wind speeds approaching a maximum of 12 miles per hour (19 km/h)[1]
Average speed 73.208 miles per hour (117.817 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
Most laps led
Driver Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
Laps 400
Winner
No. 87
 Richard Petty
 Petty Enterprises
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1964 Nashville 400 is a NASCAR Grand National (now Sprint Cup Series) race that took place on August 2, 1964 at Nashville Speedway (now Fairgrounds Speedway) in the American community of Nashville, Tennessee.[2]

Four hundred laps took place on a paved oval track spanning 0.500 miles (0.805 km) for a grand total of 200.0 miles (321.9 km).[2] It took two hours, forty-three minutes, and fifty-five seconds for the race to reach its conclusion; Richard Petty was the winner of the race.[2][3] Three cautions were drawn for twenty-six laps in front of 13,128 people.[2] Notable speeds were: 73.208 miles per hour (117.817 km/h) for the average speed and 80.826 miles per hour (130.077 km/h) for the pole position speed.[2] This would be Bud Moore's first official NASCAR Cup Series race. Total winnings for this race were $9,380 in American dollars ($70,601.61 in today's money).

Richard Petty would end up receiving the lion's share with $2,150 of the total winnings ($16,182.67 in today's money).[2][3]

Finishing order

  1. Richard Petty
  2. Jim Paschal†
  3. David Pearson
  4. Earl Balmer
  5. Ned Jarrett
  6. Darel Dieringer†
  7. Larry Thomas†
  8. Jimmy Pardue†
  9. Doug Moore
  10. Neil Castles
  11. Bill McMahan
  12. Curtis Crider
  13. Jack Anderson
  14. E.J. Trivette
  15. Junior Spencer*
  16. Wendell Scott*†
  17. Roy Tyner*†
  18. Bunkie Blackburn*†
  19. Billy Wade*†
  20. Henley Gray*
  21. Doug Cooper*
  22. Mark Hurley*
  23. Buddy Arrington*
  24. Rodney Bottinger*
  25. Chuck Huckabee*
  26. Steve Young*
  27. Bud Moore*

* Driver failed to finish race
† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased

References

  1. ↑ "1964 Nashville 400 racing weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2011-03-03. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "1964 Nashville 400 racing results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2010-11-21. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Richard Petty information (1964 Nashville 400)". Everything Stock Car. Retrieved 2011-03-03. 
Preceded by
1964 Volunteer 500		 NASCAR Grand National Races
1964 		Succeeded by
1964 untitled race at Rambi Raceway
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